St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-24
The REPUBLICAN BID
For the National Convention of Their
Party in 1883.
LOCAL AND OTHER REASONS.
The Pamphlet the Union League Will
Scatter Broadcast Over the
Country.

The Union league, the Republican
silk stocking organization of Minneapo-
lis, IS quite in earnest in its effort to
have the national convention of its
party held in Minneapolis in 1888. Some
time ago the matter was referred to a
cUmmitte with instructions to formulate
document setting forth the reasons
why Minneapolis should receive the
earnest attention of the committee in its
selection Of location. This committee
has drawn up its statement,
which will be printed in pamph-
let form and scattered broadcast
over the country. Besides formal and
engraved copy to Chairman b. +. Jones,
of PittSburg, pamphlets will be sent to
each member of the committee, to every
delegate to the last convention, to every
Republican member of both houses of
congress and to every prominent poll
tlclan of that party throughout the
country.
THE EXORDIUM
is descriptive boom article on Mime
apoliS, from the pen of that versatile
compiler, c. W. Johnson, and is as fol-
lows:
The city of Minneapolis, Mimi, now
has population of $4,000 1t stands at
the gateway of an empire larger than
the Middle states and New England
combined, and developing at an unprec-
edented rate by immigration, new acre
age and improving wealth. The travel
and freight of 10000 miles of railway is
being carried over through trunk lines
by her doors to the seaboard. The
group of states called Northwestern"
comprising Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Iowa and Nebraska, and territories of
Dakota, Montana, Idaho and
Wyoming, have indeed made wonderful
strides in population, wealth and infu-
ence in the last twenty years, not
eqYaled by any other section of the
United States, and never paralleled in
the history of the world. The growth
of the city of Minneapolis, il material
resources. the capacity to employ large
population, in the facility for distribu-
ton of the necessities and luXuries of
civilization to the vast constituency of
the Northwest, is the marval of marvels
in. municipal growth and enter
prise. Having less than $4,000
population as shown by the
census of 1880, when the next United
States census is taken Minneapolis will
undoubtedly show a population of over
a quarter of million. The foremost
Touring mills of the world in quantity
and quality of product are here. 1t is
the greatest pri mary wheat market in
the world, having outstripped st. Louis
ten years ago, Chicago and Milwaukee
two years ago. 1t is not he ceSSary to
fortify these claims by figures. They
are facts in the possession of
every well-informed man. We call
attention, however, to the statement
that they constitute the outl Inc of
development of but thirty years. No
other city can be compared with it. The
point to be emphasized, however, in
this statement, is the claim which Min
neapolis sets up as being able and will
ing, and the notice she gives that she
enters the list in competition for the
honor of having the Republican ma
tiOnal convention of 1883.
After citing the fact that the party
has never held a national convention
west of the Mississippi river, the bid
Celebrates on railroad facilities, hotel
accommodations and a hall arrange
ment for Minneapolis, and quotes the
various national and international Or
CARNATIONS that have concurred here
within the past four years. 1t concludes
with
THE POLITICAL REASONS,
and makes certain admissions that will
read with interest by the Democracy of
the Northwest:
The great territory of Dakota, now
large enough for two states, and de-
handing admission into the Union as
such, is MinneSota'S next door neigh
Dor, and the meeting of the Republican
national convention in proximity would
acquaint the convention and the masses
of the Republican party with her just
claims for division of the territory and
admission of South Dakota without
delay, and ultimately the admission of
both North and South Dakota as states.
Upon some vitality important ques-
tons the Democratic party is shaping
its policy with the expectation of max
ing inrOads on the Republican strength
in the Northwestern states and terrific
rles. To this end patronage is carefully
distributed, and the party machinery
carefully worked. 1t is territory which
has heretofore been overwhelmingly
Republican. 1t was dedicated to free
dom before the war; it was loyal to the
government during the war, and has
been loyal to the great party which has
upheld the government since the war.
1t is loyal still. The holding of ma
tional convention on this soil, always
sacred to freedom, would have potent
influence in maintaining the Republican
principles for many years.
Although deeply interested in the sue
cess of the party in the coming cam
paign, and also in the choice of a
standard bearer, and having many
statesmen of national prominence who
would make good presidents of the
United States, and who, as we believe,
would make a successful campaign if
nominated, there is not one within this
territory who is an announced OF pro-
nOunced candidate. For this reason the
selection of Minneapolis as the place of
meeting of the convention would be
pnlrollv fair tn oil